The National tribune., 1887-01-20
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within week after receiving this TRIBUNE. Do not
make numerical enigmas Of your own names
Answers must accompany all puzzles forwarded
ANSWERS TO PUZZLES IN TRIBUNE DEC. 30.
Conundrums-l. Because they cannot go of
without beau and all in quiver until they get
one, 2; He would go to a saloon where spirits are
Drop-lei,er Puzzle-Peace on earth, good viii to
men.
Beheadings-Grace race, ace. Wheat, heat, eat.
Apart, part, art. Spear. pear ear.
Complicated simplcity-Nine.
Wish in Seasonal merry Christmas and q
happy New Year.
Riddle-A pipe
Amputation-Add, bat, ant, big, set. old, awe, bet
ebb. ask. ate. hem art. Daniel Webster.
Historical Enigma-Herodoius.
Enigma for Boys-Waterbury watch.
WORD SQUARE.
!. A musical instrument. p A genus Of succu.
lent plants. 3. A rosette. L. A sly look.-Eddis
Congdon, Waterman, III.
TRANsPosITIoNs.
No. l.-Four letters form me quite complete.
As all who breathe do show;
Reversed, you'll Gnd am the seat
or intamy and woe.
Transposed you'll see I'm base and mean;
Again, Of Jewish race;
Transposed once more, on am seen
To hide a lovely face
No. 2.-complete, / am miserable hut; behead
ana transpose me, am the bane and happiness o
mankind dissect and transpose me the more you
take from me the larger L grow, and hope you
viii not fall into me.
No. 3-My first is n pIaythinc: my second few
play with; my third plays with nobody.-Kate
kriseler, Howell, Mich.
CUT DIAMOND.
Top TO center: Capitol of an Eastern country.
Top TO right corner: An Eastern country.
Center TO right: A Union General.
Center lower A Troublesome
Lower corner TO right: A Secretary Of War.
Left-hand corner to top: sweet girls name
Left-hand corner TO center: Something OF Interest
in THE TRIBUNE
Lefthand corner to bottom: Officers in the Navy
Prize for first solution sent me.-Geo. +. Ross
Washington, Kan.
PRIZE CHARADE.
Ny first will name bird
OF which you of have heard;
horse that moves quite slow
Needs merit To make him go.
All solvers now will grant
That toliote'S snowy plant.
Prizes three in number. awarded by lot. Send
solutions direct 10 me.-Sherman Il. Miller, 30,
25l, Oak Hill, ..
I have neither mouth, eyes nor ears. have
hands, but no feet. and although am not alive,
can travel very fast. i have no tongue, yet car
speak plainly and am very useful 10 both old AND
young.-Florence Snoek, Winfield, Kan.
WAR ENIGMA.
My1. "a Bis n kind of cloth;
a, s. 6 is part of the body;
3. 4. is 10 deprive Of life.
John NJ. Moran, jr., Roekton. Ill.
HISTORICAL ENIGMA.
My is in hat but not in house;
= Is in rat. bat not in mouse;
lie in ruler. but not in king;
4 Is in play, but not in sing;
5 is in end. but not in hood;
6 is in minus, but not in good;
z is in war but not in blood.
My whole is n Roman maiden who betrayed the
Citadel of Rome to the Sabines.-Bell Holloway
Youngstown, o.
PRIZE CARD ENIGMA.
am composed OF six letters:
My is in Kentucky, but not in Tennessee;
2 is in Alabama but not in Mississippi;
3 is In Massachusetts but not in Rhode Island
is in Pennsylvania. but not in Delaware;
8 is in New Hampshire. but not in Vermont;
6 is in Wyoming. but not in Colorado.
My whole Is the way "a certain merchant Of thi.
place spelled the word coffee. The member of the
G. g sending 10 my address the first correct answer
will receive by return mail pretty sample book Of
cards containing ~ samples.-Fred Croft, s. Of v.
Berlin, Pa.